Sandal for horseshoes.



J. B. KOPF. SANDAL FOR HORSES HOES. APPLICATION FILED APR. I 1910.

998,349. Patented 'July 18, 1911.

COUJILIIA PLANNER? C0 WASHINGTON. D C- JOSEPH B. KOPF, OF ROGKVILLECENTER, NEW YORK.

SANDAL FOR HORSESI-IOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1, 1910.

Patented July 18, 1911. Serial No. 552,885.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH B. KoPF, a citizen of the -United States,residing at Rockville Center, in the county of Nassau and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sandals forHorseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ice creepers for horse shoes, and has for anobject to provide a creeper of improved construction with improved meansfor securing such creeper to the shoe and hoof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a creeper embodyingcalks positioned to support the opposite sides of a horse shoe, withhinged adjusting means adapted to vary the distance between the calksupporting members.

A further object of the invention is to provide creeper sections hingedtogether and adjustable relative to each other, and with means carriedby the sections for engaging and securing the members to a horse shoeand hoof.

With these and other objects in Viewthe invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of the improvedcreeper. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the improved creeperapplied to a conventional shoe and hoof. Fig. 3 is a view in endelevation of the improved creeper as indicated by the arrow 3 in Figs. 1and 3.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

The improved creeper which forms the subject-matter of this applicationis intended to be applied to a hoof already provided with a shoe ofordinary or conventional form and comprises two halves or sectionsindicated as 10 and 11, one as 10 provided with an internallyscrew-threaded sleeve 12 extending toward the other section, whichlatter section 11 is provided with a threaded bolt 13 proportioned toengage within the threaded sleeve 12 and hinged to the section 11 as at14. By hinging together the sections as described it will be apparentthat the sections will have a motion relative to each other as indicatedby dotted lines at Fig. 1.

The sections 10 and 11 are respectively. provided with upstanding lugs15 and 16 positioned and proportioned to engage the inner edge of a shoeas indicated at Fig 1. The section 10 is also provided with ears 17 and18 positioned to stand upwardly beside the exterior of the shoe and hoofas indicated at Fig. 2 while the section 11 is similarly provided withears 19 and 20 similarly positioned. The cars 17 and 18 are connected bya rod 21 bent to form a loop 22 to receive strap 23 which passes aboutthe posterior surface of the hoof and engages a similar loop 24; carriedby the rod 25 connecting the ears 19 and 20. The rod 21 is also providedwith a loop 26 to receive the strap 27 which passes about the anteriorsurface of the hoof and engages the loop '28 carried by the rod 25. Thepart of the loop 22 which receives the strap 23 is preferably sopositioned as to be substantially vertical while the loop 26 ispositioned at an angle so that the strap 27 passes about the hoof atsuch an angle as to properly engage the inclined anterior surfacethereof.

The members 10 and 11 are provided with any approved form and number ofcalks in dicated at 29, which calks are preferably removably secured tothe members 10 and 11 by being screwed therein and are interchangeable.It is also preferable to have such calks located otherwise than inalinement with as wide a lateral space covered by such calks asconvenient to prevent such calks slipping into cable slots, car tracks,switches and other openings in the street.

To apply the creeper to a shoe one of the members 10 or 11 is turnedrelatively to the other until a proper lateral adjustment is securedwhen by moving the members to the position shown in dotted lines at Fig.1 they may be applied to the under surface of the shoe and secured uponthe shoe and hoof by the use of the straps 23 and 27 It will be apparentthat the ears 17, 18, 19 and 20 upon the eXterior and the lugs 15 and 16upon the interior of the shoe will maintain the creeper againstdisplacement while the straps will maintain the entire device upon theshoe.

hat I claim is 1. In a sandal for horse shoes, the combination of twoplates, one plate having a tapped lug rigidly connected therewith andthe other plate provided with a threaded bar; said bar screwing intosaid lug and said other plate being swiveled horizontally on theextremity of said threaded bar; said plates having upward projectionsand straps extending from the plates fastening over the front part ofthe horses hoof; said straps and their connection with the platesadapted to spread said plates outwardly at their rear ends and presssaid projections against the inner edge of the horse shoe.

2. In a sandal for horse shoes, the combination of two plates, one platehaving a tapped lug rigidly connected therewith and the other plateprovided with a threaded bar; said bar screwing into said lug and saidother plate being swiveled horizontally on the extremity of saidthreaded bar; said 3 plates having upward projections and strapsextending from the plates fastening over the front part of the horseshoof; said straps and their connection with the plates adapted to spreadsaid plates outwardly at their rear ends and press said projectionsagainst the inner edge of the horse shoe; and straps extending from saidplates and fastening over the rear part of the horses hoof, said rearstraps and their connections adapted to draw said plates together attheir rear ends.

In testimony whereof I ai'lix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH B. KOPF.

Witnesses MARY PERRY, HUGO MooK.

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